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Danger line   /dˈeɪndʒər laɪn/   Listen
Danger line

noun
1.
A line beyond which it is dangerous to go.





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"Danger line" Quotes from Famous Books



... him. He talked as usual to Mark Rivers and John about horses, crops and the weather, while Mrs. Ann listened to the flow of disconnected trifles in some wonder as to how James Penhallow would endure it. Grey for the time kept off the danger line of politics, having had of late such variously contributed knowledge as ...
— Westways • S. Weir Mitchell
... meet him?" asked Frank; and he saw at once that this was getting very near the danger line, judging from the manner in which the Moqui acted; for he seemed to draw back, just as the alarmed tortoise will hide its head in its shell at the ...
— The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon - or The Hermit of the Cave • James Carson
... Hayden home was gay, tolerant and occasionally nasty. It made ardent love semi-promiscuously, it drank rather more than it should, and its desire for a good time often brought it rather close to the danger line. It did not actually step over, but it ...
— Dangerous Days • Mary Roberts Rinehart


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